Tuesday, January 13, 2009
How many times are we gonna do this?
Posted by Alejandro de los Rios on Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 4:19 AM
For all the accolades that the New Orleans Hornets have accumulated this season — on pace for a franchise-record in wins, second-place in the Western Conference, and everything Chris Paul does — they just can't seem to knock the notion that they're somehow underachieving this season.
Maybe it's that they set the bar so high last year. Maybe it's because they've lost to teams like Charlotte (14–24) and Sacramento (9–29) or barely showed up in match-ups against NBA elites like the Lakers and Magic. Or maybe it's just performances like tonight's: an listless and almost humiliating 101–95 loss to the 14–22 New York Knicks.
"It pisses me off more than anything," Coach Byron Scott said of his team's effort tonight.
The Hornets, Scott said, are "not a great team. We're a good team, a very good team when we want to be." The message, of course, is clear. Great teams beat every team they're supposed to.
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I realize I may be a little slow on the uptick, but if you think about it, wouldn't it be virtually impossible to follow through on the idea that "New Orleans could and should beat every sub .500 team on its schedule"? Wouldn't that mean they'd have to go somewhere in the neighborhood of 41-0 in those games to do that (since mathematically half the opponents would have losing records, and the Hornets play 82 games)? Based on that logic, I guess EVERY team in the NBA is underachieving. The Celtics also just lost to the Knicks and Bobcats (along with the Warriors), who all - how do they say this? - stink. So I guess the Celtics should be labeled underacheivers too. Matter of fact, the Cavs lost to the Bulls tonight, and about a week or so ago, they lost to the Wizards, who are beyond HORRIBLE, I think everyone can agree. So it's settled, the Cavs are underachieving too. They should fire Mike Brown and trade everyone except LeBron for losing to bad teams like that. Uh wait, whuh... their record is 30-7? Oh, never mind. A little NBA 101: the only thing that matters is a team's overall record. That's it. You can't judge a team game to game when they play 82 of 'em. If you did, you could say the Pacers are just superb this season because "wow, amazing, they've beaten the Celtics and the Lakers!" Matter of fact, I'd rather be 23-12 lke the Hornets with 3 losses to crap teams than 23-12 with 0 losses to crap teams, because if you have 3 losses to crap teams, it means your record is BETTER against the good teams (which is who you're going to have to face in the playoffs, not crap teams). Then again, let's not let actual logic get in the way of making proclamations.
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